Leonardo Arias Cardona

I am from Manizales, Colombia.  I studied nursing in Universidad de Caldas, were I got my degree: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). I worked as a bedside nurse in cardiovascular ICU for 6 years and then studied a specialization in cardiovascular nursing in Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.  I worked in Cath Lab for 5 years and finished a master’s degree in higher education in health (Medical education) in Universidad de Antioquia, and master’s degree of nursing in hemodynamics and interventional cardiology in Universidad Francisco de Victoria in Madrid.  Currently I am a teacher in Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in specialization in cardiovascular nursing and work as a Senior Clinical Specialist in Terumo Colombia Andina. I also homologated my degree in USA and got the license as a Registered Nurse by Montana Board of nursing.  I am passioned by education and  I try to motivate people on my field to move forward and share their knowledge and experience; that’s why I belong to some scientific societies like SOLACI (Latin American Society of Interventional Cardiology) as a Director of the chapter of nurses, technicians, and medical technologists; AEEC (Spanish Association of Nurses in Cardiology), active member since 2018 Chapter of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Interventionism; and CCHICV (Colombian College of Cardiovascular Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology), Active member since 2020. I am registered nurse!! I homologated my degree in USA.